Budget Committee Discusses
Road Funds, Reorganization
The Medford citizens budget!
committee last night urged the
city council to seek League of
Oregon Cities assistance in work
ing for larger shares of county
road monies for city purposes.
The committee, in starting a
detailed study of the proposed
$610,158 budget for fiscal year
1956-57, urged promotion of leg
islation which would allow
cities to share county road funds,
not only those derived from a
levy, but also from other
ources.
Cities presently share monies
derived from county general
road fund levies, but City Man
ager Robert Duff pointed oui
that the county court has indi
cated that no road fund tax
will be levied during fiscal year
1956-57.
Cities Share in Levy
About 45 per cent of general
road funds raised by a levy is
returned to Jackson county
cities. During the present fiscal ,
year, Medford received about
$18,000 as its share. This year,
was the first time Medford has
participated in sharing funds
from a general road levy, Duff
said.
He said that apparently the,
county cannot be forced to share
O and C funds which go into the
general road fund.
Duff said he attempted to get :
the county to participate in
sharing cost of repairs of bound-1
ary roads, such as Stewart ave. j
and McAndrews rd., but the;
court told him that no funds,
have been budgeted for that
purpose.
Duff said he was under the
impression that the county next
fiscal year may not have a levy
at all because of present avail-;
able funds and anticipated O and j
C revenue. i
Maintain Tax Base
He noted, however, that the
county has ' to . levy a tax at
least every three years to main
tain its tax base.
The Medford budget commit
tee discussed funds proposed for j
reorganization of legal and .
treasurer-recorder offices.
Duff stated that he feels a
full-time city attorney is neces
sary for modernization and codi- :
i ication of ordinances and revis
ion of charter. j
Secretarial Work
Frank Farrell. the present ;
city attorney, has expressed a
desire to leave city service be
cause of increased private busi
ness, Duff said. The change
would require additional secre
tarial work, and employment of
a receptionist has been proposed
to handle city hall telephone
calls and to handle typing to
relieve a secretary.
Also discussed was reorgani
zation of the present treasurer
recorder office into that of a fi
nance department, which will
effect a saving of more than
$3,000 during the fiscal year
1956-57.
Under the proposal Darell
Huson would become finance
director, and Miss Neva Sam
uels, present recorder, would
become assistant director. Hu
on is now treasurer. The office
of license collector would be
eliminated when reorganization
becomes effective.
The committee also discussed
possibilities of a 40-hour work
week for city employees who
now work 44 hours a week. Duff
noted that at least two addition
al policemen would be necessary.
One patrolman eliminated from
this year's budget has been add
ed to the 1956-57 budget.
Most other cities in Oregon
of comparable size are on a 40
Tiour week basis. Duff said.
The city has increased in area
by about 34 per cent during the
past year. Duff noted, and con
sideration is being given the
possibility of annexation of
Berrydale and Grandview dis
tricts. Another police beat four
patrolmen and one car would
be needed should the districts be
annexed, he stated.
Duff said that franchise rev
enues, increased state funds,
and a higher tax base would off
set some the expense of provid
ing service to the areas if an
nexed. Items Requested
. Several budget items, which
were eliminated for fiscal year
1955-56 when voters rejected a
levy more than the 6 per cent
limitation, have been requested
for next fiscal year. Duff noted.
Among them are increased street
lighting and funds for the plan
ning commission.
The committee said it will
consider a capital improvement
program for arterial streets and
necessary storm sewers, to be
financed over several years time,
when the planning commission
and city council take action to
initiate the program.
Fred Robinson was the only
council member present at
last night's meeting. The com
mittee is made up of the city
council and eight citizen mem
bers, of which Stanley Stark is
chairman. All but Stark, who is
out of town, attended.
Russian Replaces French
In German High School
Frankfurt, Germany U.R)
Russian has replaced French as
the second foreign language
taught at the Goethe High school
here.
School officials said the in
creasing number of students
whose families fled East Ger
many, where Russian is a com
pulsory school subject, caused
the change. English is the first
foreign language taught.
The family developing from
the eggs of one female moth can
devour up to 92 pounds of wool
a year. 4
Castor oil is an important raw
ingredient in the manufacture
of paint, varnish, nylon and var
ious lubricants.
Fori Clatsop Bill
Reported Favorably
Washington 0J.R) T h e
Senate interior subcommittee on
public lands yesterday reported
favorably on a bill by Sen. I
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
for preserving Fort Clatsop near
Astoria, Ore., as a national mon-;
ument.
The bill calls for Interior. De
partment study of the proposal
to enshrine the present structure
and location which marks the
winter headquarters on the Ore
gon coast of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
Neuberger said the bill prob
ably wouloVbe considered by the
full Senate Interior committee
within two weeks.
Thursday, April 12, 1956
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4-H Club News
Westside Sewing Club
The Westside Stitchers held a
workshop for the young mem
bers on March 16 at which time
they worked on their projects.
The regular monthly meeting
was held March 21 at the home
of our leader, Mrs. Tronek. We
looked at the projects some of
the girls had finished. We told
what he had been sewing and
how we were coming along with
it.
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were served
by Nancy Barnes.
Nancy Barnes
Reporter .
Nitroglycerin Found by
Girl Puzzles Officials
Dayton, O. (U.R) Authori
ties today sought to determine
how a bottle of nitroglycerine,
picked up by a four-year-old
girl from the lawn of her home
in nearby Kettering, got there.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Etans
said their daughter, Kathy,
brought the bottle to her mother
Tuesday and asked: "Mommy
will you open this please."
A label on the bottle bore the
inscription, "Fidelity Prescrip
tions," and was marked, "Nitro
glycerine. Danger."
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